A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
Meet me in Pyongyang: an interview with Siegfried Hecker
Trump under pressure over chaotic approach to North Korea nuclear talks
South Korea moves to ease Chinese jitters over US-North Korea talks
House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy: Trump’s vulgarity gets results — just look at North Korea
Cory Gardner: North Korea must take more steps toward nuclear disarmament before talks
Plumes seen at plutonium plant may belie Kim’s disarmament talk
Trump isn’t the first US President to get a North Korean invite. But he’s the first to accept.
Advice for Trump on North Korea, from a veteran of nuclear diplomacy
North Korea nuclear deal would require major US concession too
Don’t get played: 6 demands Trump must make before a US-North Korea summit
North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and abilities
The one missile Kim Jong-un might test before meeting Trump
The 3 big obstacles to success if Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un meet
Trump is in a worse position with North Korea than Obama was at the start of the Iran talks
United States
Mattis, Pompeo dismiss Putin’s touting of Russian nuclear weapons
Trump’s new “low-yield” nuclear weapon: two bad ideas rolled into one
Injured nuclear workers finally had support. The Trump administration has mothballed it.
International
Russia releases footage of new “Kinzhal” nuclear-capable air-launched missile
Vladimir Putin says he will destroy the world with nuclear weapons if Russia is threatened
Pompeo: America “safe” from Russia
Why Putin’s nuclear cruise missile could entangle the world in a nuclear war
From the Baltics to the Middle East: Russia’s rising threat
Putin flexed nuclear muscle but the West refuses to recognize a Russian threat
Trump told Netanyahu US will withdraw from Iran deal if demands aren’t met: report
Trump-Kim meeting could have negative implications for Iranian nuclear deal, officials say
Remembering Hitoshi Yoshioka, who fought gov’t nuclear policy from inside
Senior center offers long-term temporary housing, hope 7 years after Fukushima nuclear crisis
Fukushima 360: walk through a ghost town in the nuclear disaster zone – video
Fukushima’s long road to recovery
General Interest
How the world’s inventory of nuclear weapons grew — then shrunk again
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